Assistant Professor - Associate Director of Infection Prevention

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

40d

About The Position

This position will assist the Director of Infection Prevention in accomplishing the overall enhancements to the current infection prevention program, and will account for appropriately 50% of their effort, including: academic detailing and implementation of infection control and process improvement efforts to reduce healthcare-associated infections and sepsis morality; implementation of outbreak response efforts and reduction of multi-drug resistant organisms; enhancement of clinician education with regard to infection control principles, interpretation of epidemiologic data, and clinical safety and effectiveness; improvement of data infrastructures and data reporting, enhancement of collaboration with other clinical an non-clinical departments and programs at Parkland to improve infectious outcomes; evaluating cost-value outcomes for infection prevention efforts; and implementation of efforts to improve utilization of infection surveillance tests and processes. The balance of their effort will be providing infectious diseases in patient care activities at PHHS, as well as the teaching and training of medical students, house staff, and fellows.

Requirements

• M.D. degree, or equivalent from an approved LCME medical school and satisfactory completion of an Internal Medicine residency program from an ACGME accredited program.
• Candidate must be eligible for Texas medical licensure and be board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Director of Infection Prevention in enhancing the infection prevention program
• Implement infection control and process improvement efforts to reduce healthcare-associated infections and sepsis morality
• Implement outbreak response efforts and reduction of multi-drug resistant organisms
• Enhance clinician education with regard to infection control principles, interpretation of epidemiologic data, and clinical safety and effectiveness
• Improve data infrastructures and data reporting
• Enhance collaboration with other clinical an non-clinical departments and programs at Parkland to improve infectious outcomes
• Evaluate cost-value outcomes for infection prevention efforts
• Implement efforts to improve utilization of infection surveillance tests and processes
• Provide infectious diseases in patient care activities at PHHS
• Teach and train medical students, house staff, and fellows

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare - no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees